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night time.

Ji Sheng got Fan Zeng's contact information through Master Fan Yang.

He didn't call right away, the main reason was because he was thinking about how to persuade the other party.

First of all, one thing is certain, Fan Zeng is definitely not short of money.

Even judging from the current situation, the other party's wealth far exceeds Ji Sheng's.

This is no joke.

Someone gave Fan Zeng statistics. From 1980 to now, the total value of donated calligraphy and painting is as high as 60 billion. His calligraphy and painting auctions are also very expensive. Some works are as high as 80 to 200 million per square foot. The most expensive works are in In 900, it sold [-] million yuan.

This master has been famous for half a century, with an annual turnover of more than 3000 million yuan and a tax payment of more than [-] million yuan. This is not all, it is so much every year.

One person is worth a listed company.

Therefore, it is basically impossible to help out by throwing money at the opponent.

In addition, Fan Zeng supported half of Rongbaozhai alone, and he is a well-deserved artistic giant.

Is the so-called fame and fortune.

A person who is neither short of money nor short of fame seems to be very difficult to invite no matter how you look at it.

But Ji Sheng believes that as long as he is an individual, there must be something that cannot be loved. For example, Qin Shihuang is so majestic and powerful, doesn't he also want to live forever?

Of course, Ji Sheng doesn't have the ability to make people live longer, but Fan Zeng is not Qin Shihuang either, so the thing you can't love can't be the medicine of longevity.

After carefully searching Fan Zeng's personal information, Ji Sheng found that his character was not good, and if he hadn't been known as a master of Chinese studies, a master of calligraphy and painting, etc., he might be called a scumbag.

But the art world does not care about your character, people only recognize the level of artistic creation.

Ji Sheng didn't find much useful information for a while. If you have to say useful information, Fan Zeng and him are from the same place. In ancient times, they could be regarded as fellowship, but in modern times, they are nothing. Wanting Fan Zeng to help him out, he finally dialed the phone, wondering if he could invite him.

Beep, beep.

The call was quickly connected.

An elderly man's voice came from the opposite side, "Hello?"

"Is it Teacher Fan?" Ji Sheng asked with a good attitude.

The old man said: "I am Fan Zeng, who are you?"

"Hello, Teacher Fan, my name is Ji Sheng, and I'm the owner of Gujin Art Company." Ji Sheng introduced himself.

Fan Zeng was silent for a while, as if recalling whether he knew this person, and after a while, he said, "I don't know you, do I?"

"You don't know me." Ji Sheng first affirmed the other party's question, and then said: "I got your number from your nephew, Master Fan Yang."

"Oh, Xiao Yang's friend, what's the matter?" Fan Zeng asked.

Ji Sheng explained his intention and said, "That's it. I and I are going to hold a joint auction. The auction is expected to be held in early October. I would like to invite you to cut the ribbon for us. Do you have time?"

Fan Zeng didn't even ask the price, and directly declined politely: "Oh, sorry, I'm a little busy in October, so I don't have time."

Sure enough, it was rejected.

Ji Sheng was not surprised at all.

After all, in the domestic painting and calligraphy circles, let alone Ji Sheng, even if it is a famous company such as Poly and Guardian, it may not be able to invite them.

But he didn't give up, "Teacher Fan, as long as you are willing to help cut the ribbon, you can talk about anything."

Fan Zeng smiled and said, "I'm getting old, I don't want to move, and I don't have any special needs, why don't you find someone else?"

Ji Sheng said: "I wanted to find someone else, but I thought about it carefully, you are always our Jinghai's benchmark figure second only to Zhang Jian, so I want to invite you."

When Fan Zeng heard this, he let out a sigh, "Are you from Jinghai, too?"

Ji Sheng hummed: "Yes."

"It is reasonable to say that people from one place, I have no reason not to help you." Fan Zeng is worthy of being a master of Chinese studies. Although he still wanted to refuse, his speaking level was more than one level higher than the refusal just now. "It's just that I have been regretting my youth all these years. The mistakes I made, especially the disrespect to my teacher back then, I regret it now."

Fan Zeng's mentor is Li Kuchan.

Some people may not know who Li Kuchan is, but when it comes to Li Kuchan's master, everyone should know that his master is the famous Qi Baishi.

Of course, Li Kuchan himself is also very awesome, he is the master of modern Chinese freehand flower and bird painting.

It stands to reason that having such an awesome master would be a blessing to anyone.

But Fan Zeng did something that both people and gods were angry with. When he first worshiped under Li Kuchan, he was diligent and well-behaved. However, after a period of time, Fan Zeng became famous, and the selling price of his works even surpassed Li Kuchan. Since then, Fan Zeng began to feel complacent, thinking that he could sit on an equal footing with his mentor, and openly provoked Li Kuchan verbally, and even stopped calling him a teacher, but called him a brother.

At the same time, Fan Zeng began to comment on Li Kuchan's works, pretending to be everyone.

At first Li Kuchan just laughed it off, but he didn't expect his tolerant attitude to make Fan Zeng even worse.

In the end, Li Kuchan couldn't bear it anymore, and cut off his mentorship with Fan Zeng in one fell swoop.

Since then, Fan Zeng has also been expelled from the school.

Of course Ji Sheng knew about this, and he also knew that Fan Zeng's bad deeds were far more than that. If he didn't look at the other party's name as a master of Chinese studies and calligraphy and painting, he would definitely not be able to help but spit when he saw such a person.

"Actually, I have repented a long time ago, but it is a pity that time did not wait for me. My teacher passed away in [-]. When I went to worship, I was rejected by my teacher's mother, children and fellow teachers." Fan Zeng sighed: "So I Try to cherish the memory of the former teacher, thinking about being able to return to the door of the teacher before passing away."

This is just an excuse.

Not to mention that Fan Zeng is now more famous than Li Kuchan, but if the other party really wants to return to the sect, why didn't Master Li Kuchan admit his mistakes when he was alive?

But Ji Sheng didn't know what Fan Zeng meant by saying this, and asked, "What do you mean..."

"Oh, my mentor once created a painting, which was auctioned by Christie's in Hong Kong in 1990 or [-], and was exiled overseas. I have also inquired about it, but unfortunately there is no clue. If you can get it for me , I am willing to buy it according to the market price, and then return it to my mentor’s family to settle the regret in my heart, let alone help you, you can ask me to write an inscription for you.” Fan Zeng said casually.

Ji Sheng knew that the other party was trying to evade, otherwise why didn't he talk about other works of Master Li Kuchan, but insisted on talking about this work that was exiled overseas?Because no one knows who owns this thing now, and it is impossible to get it.

But Ji Sheng was delighted to hear it, because he was really capable of getting it, "Mr. Fan, your wish is entrusted to me. Isn't it Master Li's? I'll get it for you."

Fan Zeng let out an "ah" and said in disbelief, "I mean living overseas, no, are you sure you can really get it?"

Ji Sheng was very sure: "I know what you said, isn't it the painting that was auctioned by Christie's back then? Don't worry, I'll get it for you in at most three months, but my auction It’s recently, why don’t you come over and cut the ribbon for me, and I’ll give it to you later when I get it? I know you must be afraid that I’ll fool you, we can sign a contract, and if I can’t get it after three months, I will compensate you 100 million. You see, it's all right, right?"

Fan Zeng was so choked by Ji Cheng's words that he didn't know how to respond. He was the one who made the request, and Ji Cheng agreed, and they are from the same town. If they still refuse at this time, if people outside know about it, they will definitely criticize them. Products, Fan Zeng did too many ridiculous things in the early years, so he desperately relied on donating things to restore his reputation these years. The established image is subverted.

It can be said that Fan Zeng was completely controlled by Ji Sheng this time.

He had no choice but to pinch his nose and said, "Okay, I'll come over when the time comes, but it's agreed in advance, if you can't get me a mentor after three months, I really want to fulfill the contract."

Ji Sheng smiled and said: "Of course, people always keep their promises. If I really can't get Master Li, the amount written in the compensation contract should be paid."

Seeing that he had reached this point, Fan Zeng simply didn't doubt it anymore, "I believe you can do it."

The two communicated briefly, and Ji Sheng easily invited Fan Zeng.

At least it was very easy for him, after all, just now Fan Zeng took the initiative to reveal where it was. In 1990 or [-], Christie's auction in Hong Kong. So he only needs to pay attention to find out whether it is Christie's Spring Auction or Autumn Auction in [-], or Christie's two-season auction in [-], if there is an auction by Master Li Kuchan in one of the seasons, just go and participate in it.

……

Finish the call.

Ji Sheng found Lu Zhengqing and the others immediately.

As soon as he entered the room, he said to everyone: "Fan Zeng promised to come and help out."

"what?"

"He agreed?"

"Ouch, is it true or not?"

"Mr. Ji is awesome!"

When Lu Zhengqing, Zou Qingqiu, Wu Hongyi and others heard the news, they almost fainted from excitement.

Niu Yuanzhong even stretched out his thumb and said: "Mr. Ji, your efficiency is simply incomparable. This is Taishan Beidou Fan Zeng in the painting and calligraphy world. You actually got it done in a short time? Others may not even spend [-] million yuan. Can you invite Grandmaster Fan here!"

Tian Liangping couldn't wait to ask: "How did you do it?"

"That's right, Master Fan is not so easy to invite, how did you do it?" Lu Zhengqing also asked.

Zou Qingqiu and Wu Hongyi looked at Ji Sheng curiously.

Ji Sheng laughed loudly, "It's not as difficult as you said, Master Fan only made one request for me, and then agreed to come."

Zou Qingqiu blinked and said, "What request can make him agree so quickly?"

Ji Sheng said happily: "There is no request, he asked me to get him Master Li Kuchan, I promised him to get it within three months, and I am willing to sign a contract, if I can't get him a compensation of 100 million, no, He promised to come."

Lu Zhengqing let out a groan, "Didn't Master Li Kuchan's be bought by foreigners in the early years? Where did you get it?"

"That's right, if you can't get it later, how can you explain it?" Niu Yuanzhong also asked worriedly.

How can I not get it?

Ji Sheng didn't explain the problem at all, he just asked with a smile: "Fan Zeng promised to come and help out, so don't we need to change the date? Fight Sotheby's!"

"You have already invited Grandmaster Fan Zeng to help out, how can we have any reason to reject your proposal?" Lu Zhengqing smacked his lips and said, "I think with Fan Zeng's help and the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup, we can compete with Su Forbes fight."

Niu Yuanzhong rubbed his fists excitedly and said: "With the two trump cards of Master Fan Zeng and the Chicken Crock Cup, maybe we can really win."

"No comment."

"Then let's fight Sotheby's!"

Zou Qingqiu, Tian Liangping and Wu Hongyi also agreed.

Huh, finally convinced you.

Ji Sheng was also very excited in his heart. When he thought of fighting a giant like Sotheby's in the ring, he couldn't help being excited. Whether he won or lost in this ring match, it would be of great benefit to him. Of course, in the end, If you can win, then you will be famous all over the world.

Just when he was looking forward to it, Lu Zhengqing asked again worriedly, "Mr. Ji, can you really get it? Otherwise, it's hard to explain."

Ji Sheng smiled and didn't answer.

Not to mention that he is sure to get it.

To put it bluntly, so what if he can't get Master Li Kuchan's?Nothing more than compensation of 100 million.

Compared with the positive impact of inviting Fan Zeng to help out, this little money is not worth mentioning at all.

Well, Ji Sheng just hit a blind spot in Fan Zeng's thinking. He said he was willing to sign a contract with Fan Zeng, and he made the other party feel that he would definitely get it. In fact, the compensation was only 100 million. That is to say, he was ready to break the contract at any time. preparation.

If it was another person of Fan Zeng's level, Ji Sheng would definitely not do this, but whoever made the other party's character really dare not be flattered, it is disrespectful to the teacher, and it is stealing another teacher's wife , and treason, if not for the fact that the other party was a grand master, Ji Cheng would have wanted to run up and kick such a person when he saw such a person.

Naturally, if he really breached the contract, he would have no psychological burden.

Ji Sheng was fooling Fan Zeng, he would do it when he was in a good mood, and if he was in a bad mood, he would love someone, at worst he would pay 100 million yuan.